Id's for Ciggies/ and then being followed up with, take it as a compliment.
Quite clearly i look old enough to smoke and old enough to purchase said product. therefore if you ask me for ID then you are doing so on the basis that at my age i will not be carrying ID as i am not a child. So therefore by asking me you are deliberately abusing your check age ruling just to make a show of a fella in front of you.
A former employee of mine did not ID someone for cigarettes because they thought they looked old enough.
Turns out they were 16 and working with trading standards and we had to pay a hefty fine.
Id happy not have the company i work for miss out on £8+ if it resulted in going through that mess again.